Florida Individual Artist Fellowship
Sponsor:
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs
Applicant must be a legal resident of Florida and maintain residency while receiving fellowship. Applicant must be a professional creative artist at least 18 years of age. Applicant must not have received a monetary fellowship award from the Florida Department of State, Division of Cultural Affairs in the last five years....
Deadline:
June 1
$5,000.00
Ray Allen Billington Prize
Sponsor:
Organization of American Historians
Awarded for the best book in American frontier history, including the pioneer periods of all geographical areas and comparisons between American frontiers and others.
Deadline:
October 3
$1,000.00
Jesse Lee Prize
Sponsor:
General Commission on Archives and History, The United Methodist Church
Applicant must publish a book-length monograph on Methodist history. Please note that these monies are not scholarships to defray the costs of attending school, prizes are for scholarly papers submitted and for specific research projects examining the history of The United Methodist Church or its antecedents.
Deadline:
July 1
$2,000.00
Women in United Methodist History Writing Award
Sponsor:
General Commission on Archives and History, The United Methodist Church
Applicant must submit an original manuscript, no longer than 20 pages, on the history of women in the United Methodist Church or its antecedents. Please note that these monies are not scholarships to defray the costs of attending school, prizes are for scholarly papers submitted and for specific research projects examining...
Deadline:
December 31
$500.00
International Self-Published Book Awards
Sponsor:
Writer's Digest
The competition is open to all English-language self-published books for which the authors have paid the full cost of publication, or the cost of printing has been paid for by a grant or as part of a prize. There is a $100 entry/judging fee for your first work and $50 for...
Deadline:
May 2
$3,000.00
Literary Festival Scholarship
Sponsor:
Millikin University
Applicant must attend the Millikin Annual Literary Festival.
Deadline:
February 15
$1,000.00
Clauder Competition Prize
Sponsor:
Portland Stage Company
Applicants must live or attend school in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont. This requirement may be waived for playwrights who have previously lived in New England and produce material relevant to the area. They must submit a full-length play that is an original work and has not...
Deadline:
Open
$3,000.00
Joseph Henry Jackson Literary Award
Sponsor:
San Francisco Foundation
Applicant must be between 20 and 35 years of age by deadline and a resident of Nevada or northern California for three consecutive years prior to deadline. Applicant must submit an unpublished work-in-progress: fiction (novel or short story), nonfiction, prose, or poetry. Nonfiction writers who are not recipients of the award...
Deadline:
Unknown
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Fonthill Writing Award
Sponsor:
College of Mount St. Vincent
Applicant must demonstrate a serious interest in developing as a writer and must choose the Writing Minor program or be an active participant in the school newspaper.
Deadline:
February 5
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Aurand Harris Memorial Playwriting Award
Sponsor:
The New England Theatre Conference, Inc.
Applicants must live in New England and/or be members of NETC and submit a full-length play written for a young audience. The play must not have been previously published, previously produced by a professional company or submitted to the Harris competition. Students may only submit one play. There is a $20...
Deadline:
May 1
$1,000.00
Presidential Scholarship for Distinguished Achievement
Sponsor:
Wake Forest University
Selection based upon talent in theatre, music, dance, art, writing for publication, debate, leadership, entrepreneurship, or community service.
Deadline:
December 1
$12,500.00
Engaged Writer Scholarship
Sponsor:
Naropa University
Applicant must be a talented writing student who has been accepted into the Prague program and who wants to study in Prague.
Deadline:
October 20
$1,500.00
James York Glimm Scholarship in English
Sponsor:
Mansfield University of Pennsylvania
Applicant must demonstrate potential for developing as a writer and student of literature and must be in the top two-fifths of class.
Deadline:
May 1
$350.00